Sew A Large Canvas Zipper Beach Pouch

I love sunscreen. At the beach I follow my family, friends and all the kids around and apply sunscreen. On most sunny days, I cart around so many bottles of the stuff that I often tell myself I need a cute zipper pouch to carry it all.

I usually make small pouches, but this time around I decided to try something over-sized. I love how big it is!

Materials:

Cotton Canvas for the exterior

Cotton canvas or fabric for the lining and zipper tab

Zipper

Twill tape for the strap

Cutting machine and supplies

Heat transfer vinyl

Sewing machine and supplies

Iron and ironing board

To make the simple pattern:

Cut 2 rectangles – 13.5″ L x 11.5″ W out of the exterior fabric.

Make the boxed corners – cut a 2″ x 2″ square from one corner along the 13.5″ side. Repeat for the other side.

Place one of the pieces on top of your lining fabric. Use as a template and cut 2 pieces for the lining.

Cut a 10″ strip from the twill tape.

Don’t you love the word “beach” that I added in red heat transfer vinyl? Without the HTV it would be a boring canvas pouch. I bought the design from the Silhouette Design Store.

I added a contrast zipper and a zipper tab at one end – this creates a very wide zipper opening. The best part – this pouch can hold more than 6 bottles of sunscreen! I even had enough room for a soft gauze baby blanket.

Want to make zipper pouches, but don’t know were to start? I have you covered and offer a bunch of tutorials to get you started: